Try running this to see what's where....you might have old versions sitting
around...
This is from a clean dpkg deb12 installation with no previous versions
there....
$ sudo find / -name weewx.service -exec ls -lgd {} \; 2>/dev/null | sort +7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 33 Apr 2 12:04
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/weewx.service ->
/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weewx 424 Feb 9 23:03 /etc/weewx/systemd/weewx.service
drwxr-xr-x 2 root 0 Apr 2 15:07
/sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/weewx.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 424 Apr 2 12:04 /usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 417 Feb 9 23:03
/usr/share/weewx/weewx_data/util/systemd/weewx.service
(I added a few spaces to the output above for readability)
On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 2:02:07 PM UTC-7 crecre9 wrote:
> That's what my service file looked like. i was getting the error saying
> the path wasn't absolute, so i removed the "weewxd" portion from the
> ExecStart line, but as i mentioned, i don't have any idea how to fix that
> file. I have no idea why it wouldn't work out of the box either. The only
> thing i can think of is the removal of older versions of weewx were
> incomplete somehow and is somehow interfering.
>
> On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 2:18:26 PM UTC-5 vince wrote:
>
>> Are you running an unusual os on the pi ?
>> Did you do something to edit the weewx.service file ?
>>
>> A clean pi running raspios installs+works just fine here with the
>> apt-get dpkg.
>> The vanilla service file looks like:
>>
>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service
>> # systemd service configuration file for WeeWX
>>
>> [Unit]
>> Description=WeeWX
>> Documentation=https://weewx.com/docs
>> Requires=time-sync.target
>> After=time-sync.target
>> Wants=network-online.target
>> After=network-online.target
>>
>> [Service]
>> ExecStart=weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>> StandardOutput=null
>> StandardError=journal+console
>> RuntimeDirectory=weewx
>> RuntimeDirectoryMode=775
>> User=weewx
>> Group=weewx
>>
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:50:36 AM UTC-7 crecre9 wrote:
>>
>>> I have a fresh 5.0.2 install using apt-get. The program won't run as a
>>> service:
>>>
>>> ● weewx.service - WeeWX
>>> Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled; vendor
>>> preset: en
>>> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-04-02 13:26:02 -05;
>>> 1min 2s
>>> Docs: https://weewx.com/docs
>>> Process: 2178 ExecStart=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf (code=exited,
>>> status=203/EXEC)
>>> Main PID: 2178 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
>>>
>>> Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: Started WeeWX.
>>> Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited,
>>> code=exited,
>>> Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Unit entered failed state.
>>> Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result
>>> 'exit-code'.
>>>
>>> And when I look at status:
>>>
>>> Apr 02 13:28:28 rpi systemd[1]:
>>> [/usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service:12] Executable path is not absolute,
>>> ignoring: weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>> Apr 02 13:28:28 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Service lacks both
>>> ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Its like the installation files improperly set up the daemon
>>> service.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Joseph
>>>
>>
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